Love Actually is All Around

Disclaimer:  If you are not "religious," please bear with me. I think you will still find this post interesting. Today marks the beginning of Holy Week - the final week leading up to Easter.   The last week of Lent.  On Friday, I will attend a Tenebrae/Good Friday service which reminds me of and invites me into the death of Christ.  On Easter morning, I will gather with my church family at sunrise around a bon fire where we will celebrate the Risen Son. But what is all this ritual about?  Well, too much to write here.  But I was reminded this morning of a few aspects of this season that challenge me. I love living in the Northern Hemisphere and in an area that experiences all four seasons.  After the worst winter I can remember, I have never longed more for Spring.  Anything that was left exposed to the brutal elements this winter most certainly died.  And yet trees have buds on them and the grass is turning green again.  From death comes new life. Beauty rises from as